Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific is looking to shut down its London pilot base.
It could lead to the loss of nearly 100 jobs.
It is the latest cost-cutting initiative which has seen the closure of overseas pilot bases in Canada, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.
“We have notified our London-based pilots and their union representatives of a proposal to close our London pilot base. This is simply a proposal at this stage and no decisions have been made,”~ a~ spokesperson ~told the South China Morning Post.
The airline says many of the airline’s London based crew members had not flown since April 2020.
At its pre-pandemic peak Cathay operated up to five daily flights to London, which is now down to just once a day.
The airline posted a record US$2.8 billion loss last year, and expects to report a large 2021 half-year loss, despite significantly cutting labour costs after thousands of employees were laid off.
